Got a wart? Before going to sleep, put a piece of banana peel on top of the wart and cover this with a bandage. Repeat this trick every night and the wart will fall off of its own accord. It’ll save you a visit to the doctor and it’s pain-free as well.
It is stickier than standard cough syrups which causes a kind of coating to form in our throat that protects the nerve endings located there. That way, you’ll be triggered to cough much less frequently.
Are you out of bathroom cleaner? It’s just as effective to use a bit of mouth wash to clean the bathroom with! Dilute the mouth wash with lukewarm water and apply this to a cloth. Use this mixture to clean mirrors, sinks and tiles. Everything in your bathroom will shine like never before.
Mix some lemon juice and salt together and apply this to the sweat stain in question. Leave it to sit and soak for half an hour and then rinse the clothes with vinegar and warm water. The last step is to put the clothing into the washing machine and wash it like you normally would. This natural cleaning agent is completely safe to use, even on delicate fabrics.
Sure, those stick-on temporary tattoos are a ton of fun for the kids but they’re not exactly easy to remove. The same goes for other sticky things around the house, like stickers on the bottom of newly bought dishes and tar underneath your shoes. Just use a bit of oil! Apply some olive oil to a soft cloth and use this to rub the sticky surface with. You’ll notice the stickiness will be completely gone in a jiffy.
Don’t worry: your pot or pan isn’t immediately ruined when you’ve accidentally burnt something and it’s all stuck on the bottom. Just fill the pot with hot water and a couple of drops of dish soap, bring it up to a boil and then use a spatula to carefully remove the burnt pieces and stains once they soften.
No one likes smelly feet. The smell is caused by bacteria, so if you kill the bacteria, you eliminate the smell. Make a foot bath with warm water and a cup of hydrogen peroxide. Let your feet soak in this and you’ll notice they will be less smelly afterwards. The foot bath also helps against foot fungus and it will soften calluses.
Static Cling on clothes can be very frustrating. Luckily, there’s a quick and simple trick to fix this. All you need to do is scrunch up some foil into a ball and use it to rub the clothes with. The static cling will be gone.
When you remove the crusts from a slice of white bread and roll it up into a ball, you’ve got a veritable eraser.This ball of dough turned eraser can remove pencil strokes from paper but also smudges and stains from walls and kitchen cabinets. Isn’t that the most brilliant thing? Apparently, before the actual eraser was invented, people used moist bread crumbs to erase pencil strokes from paper. So, it’s definitely not a new thing.
Rub toothpaste into the stain and let it dry. Rinse away the toothpaste with cold water, but only do so when the paste has dried completely. Then, wash the item of clothing in the washing machine like you normally would.
To avoid annoying ice cream melts through the bottom of cones, simply place a marshmallow inside before you scoop the ice cream in. It will soak up the ice cream, plus you’ll get an extra yummy treat at the end of your ice cream cone.
Attach a keyring to the zipper. This way when you zip it up, you can loop the ring over the button before you fasten it. No one will see it and your fly will stay closed.
This is for movie theaters where instead of asking for extra butter, there’s a self-serve dispenser. Just stick a straw down into the bag and aim the buttery drizzle
To soften butter quickly, place it between two sheets of wax paper. Using a rolling pin, roll out the butter until it’s about 1/4 inch thick.
To wash sneakers in the washing machine, tie a large knot in the shoelaces. Then place the shoes in the washer with the laces laying across the top of the door. Close the door making sure the knot is on the outside of the washer. This will hold the shoes against the door and keep the noise down.
Line your taco shells with a lettuce leaf. Then when your shell breaks, the lettuce leaf will catch the rest of the fillings.
To tell if an avocado is ripe or not, just pop off the stem. If the skin under the stem is dark, the fruit is too ripe. If it’s light, then it’s just right.
If you have dents in your carpet from furniture, take an ice cube and set it in the divot and let it melt. Then gently lift up the fibers with a spoon.
Add a tablespoon of vanilla extract to your paint (1 tablespoon per 1 gallon) before you begin painting. This will not affect the color at all, but rather mask the paint fumes and your entire house will smell like vanilla.
Apply a cotton ball soaked in vinegar to fresh bruises in order to help reduce darkness. It’ll also cause the bruise to disappear faster.
To thaw out meat quickly, heat some water in a pan until it reaches 140 degrees, then turn the burner off. Place your meat inside a food storage bag and place it in the hot water. Chicken will take about 10 minutes and other cuts will take about 12 minutes to thaw. Most importantly, this will not cook the meat at all.
If you have old wooden drawers that are hard to open, take a candle stick and rub it on the tracks. The wax will help the drawers open and close smoothly.
Immediately after painting your nails, submerge them in cold water for 3 minutes. This will dry the nail polish and help get rid of any that got on your skin.